Professional appointments & research grant-based activities

 

since 2023  PI at the CRC/SFB1372 „Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates”, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Research Group Fellow Postdoctoral scientist (100%) in the AG Animal Navigation/Neurosensorik, Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen

 

2021   Postdoctoral scientist (100%), Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Research Group Fellow of the CRC/SFB1372 „Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates”

 

2019-2021   Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at Bangor University, UK, Prof. Dr. Richard A. Holland

 

2015-2018   Elsa-Neumann-Stipend for disseration research, Freie Universität, Berlin

 

08-09 2014   Research Assistant (IZW), DFG project "Eco-physiology of migratory bats", Latvia

 

     06 2014   Research Assistant (IZW), DFG project “Ecology of oxidative stress in bats”, Bulgaria   

 

11-12 2012   Student resarch assistant (IZW), DFG project “Ecology of oxidative stress in bats”, Costa Rica

 

2010-2014   Different bat conservation related fieldwork projects with ecological consultants

 

Education, study of biology

 

2015-2019   Doctoral candidate, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and Freie Universität, Berlin. Topic: Navigation and orientation in migratory bats. Dissertation defended publicly, with summa cum laude.

 

2011-2014   M.Sc., overall grade of 1.1, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Final examination: „Migratory ecology of Nathusius’ bats (Pipistrellus nathusii) – Combination of classical field techniques and stable hydrogen isotope analysis.” Thesis defended publicly; with distinction.

 

2007-2011   B.Sc., MLU Halle-Wittenberg. Final examination thesis: „Body mass of the beaver (Castor fiber) - a comparative analysis of carcasses from the autochthonous population of Central Europe.” Thesis defended publicly; with distinction.

 

Teaching and education, outreach

 

since 2022    Experiments in Animal and Human Physiology (winter semester), lecturer for muscle physiology, UOL

2009-2013     Student assistant involved in teaching of species systematics and determination, Institute of Biology, MLU

Since 2014    Annually invited seminars on bat telemetry and its use in movement research. Telemetrie-Service Dessau

 

 

Professional roles and free services to the scientific community

• Guest scientist at the Central Magazine of Natural Sciences Collections (MLU Halle)
• Reviewer for the Journal of Animal Ecology, BMC Biology, Communications Biology, Mammal Review, Movement Ecology, Folia Zoologica, and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform (IPBES)

Awards, honours, funding

 

 

2022   Project grant at the CRC/SFB1372 „Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates” (4yrs), GER

2022   BHK project grant

2019   Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-doctoral fellowship (EU Horizon 2020)

2019   Fritz-Frank-Award German Society for Mammalian Biology

2015-2018   Doctoral stipend of the Elsa-Neumann program. Berlin, GER

2017   'Best Poster' award at the 5th International Berlin Bat Meeting

2012   Research support grant of the Society for Wildlife and Hunting Research (Germany) for thesis field work

2009   DAAD, undergraduate travel stipend for a joint Mongolian-German Biological Expedition